New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Water Assessment Team

Publication_Date: 200406

Title:

New Jersey 2004 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report [305{b} and 303(d)]

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Trenton, NJ

Publisher: NJDEP

Description:

Abstract:

This data represents the stations on non-tidal rivers where sampling data was collected for benthic macroinvertebrates and reported in the 2004 Integrated Report. The networks include NJDEP/USGS Ambient Biomonitoring Network (AMNET) and Monmouth County Biomonitoring Network.

Purpose:

This data spatially represents the location of sampling stations whose data was used for assessments of aquatic life designated uses in the 2004 Integrated Report.

Supplemental_Information:

2004 Integrated Report files retain the same basic content as the 2002 Integrated Report, with small changes in format. Some files were combined to consolidate information. For questions on metadata content, please contact Leigh Lager, NJDEP/BFBM 609-292-0427 or leigh.lager@dep.state.nj.us

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2004

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.451579

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.930801

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.351909

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.024775

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE

Theme_Keyword: 2004 Integrated Report

Theme_Keyword: Data

Theme_Keyword: Stations

Theme_Keyword: Aquatic Life

Theme_Keyword: Benthic Macroinvertebrates

Theme_Keyword: Non-tidal Rivers

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE

Place_Keyword: New Jersey

Access_Constraints:

The file is available to the public. There are no access constraints.

Use_Constraints:

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Points were drawn up with 1:24000 stream shapefiles for the associated county to confirm placement. Base layer was 1:12000 DOQ images.

Completeness_Report: Complete

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Most point locations were created from GPS measurements. However, GPS measurements could not be obtained at many of the actual sampling locations due to terrain and leaf cover blockage. True sampling locations are within 100 yards upstream or downstream of points in this shapefile.

The NJDEP Ambient Biomonitoring Network for New Jersey and the Monmouth County Ambient Biomonitoring Network vector shapefiles were used for the majority of site placement , however, location of a few sites were digitized using GPS coordinates or by USGS Topoquads with the site location. Several sites were moved upstream or downstream to visually differentiate between nearby sites.
The sites were intersected with the NJDEP HUC 11 coverage to obtain HUC11, WMA, and Region information for each site.

Process_Date: 200211

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

2004 Integrated Report files retain the same basic content as the 2002 Integrated Report, with small changes in format. Some files were combined to consolidate information. For questions on metadata content, please contact Leigh Lager, NJDEP/BFBM 609-292-0427 or leigh.lager@dep.state.nj.us

Call 609-984-2243 with questions concerning only the acquisition/download of this data set. Call the metadata reference contact with questions concerning the data.

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

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